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Carrsbrook

Coordinates: 38°5′36″N 78°27′19″W / 38.09333°N 78.45528°W / 38.09333; -78.45528
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Carrsbrook
Carrsbrook, South Fork River vicinity, Charlottesville vicinity (Albemarle County, Virginia).jpg
Carrsbrook is located in Virginia
Carrsbrook
Carrsbrook is located in the United States
Carrsbrook
LocationVA 1424, near Charlottesville, Virginia
Coordinates38°5′36″N 78°27′19″W / 38.09333°N 78.45528°W / 38.09333; -78.45528
Area4 acres (1.6 ha)
Builtc. 1785 (1785)
Architectural styleColonial, Palladian
NRHP reference No.82004532[1]
VLR No.002-0011
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJuly 8, 1982
Designated VLRJuly 21, 1981[2]

Carrsbrook is a historic home and farm complex located near Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Virginia. The main house was built about 1785, and is a five-part Palladian style dwelling. It has a central, projecting 2+12-story, three-bay-wide section flanked by 1+12-story, single-bay wings connected by hyphens. The front facade features a single-story dwarf portico, supported by Doric order columns. From 1798 to 1815 the house served as the residence and school of Thomas Jefferson's ward and nephew, Peter Carr.[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
  3. ^ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (July 1981). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Carrsbrook" (PDF). and Accompanying photo
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